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Nonlinear electrostatic waves in equal-mass plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

G. A. Stewart
G. A. Stewart
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K.
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Abstract

A study is made of electrostatic waves in a cold equal-mass plasma. Numerical simulation reveals that cold equal-mass plasmas are fundamentally unstable to such oscillations, in contrast to the behaviour of these waves in electron-ion plasmas. A quasi-linear analysis of the problem is performed and an analytic solution found that duplicates the early evolution of the plasma.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 50 , Issue 3 , December 1993 , pp. 521 - 536
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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